Football Manager 2024: Here's how to sign ANY player for just £2.5m

Football Manager 2024
(Image credit: Sports Interactive)

Football Manager 2024 isn't easy. Often, you can feel like you're pushing a boulder up a hill.

If it isn't the unthinkable unfolding in front of your eyes on the pitch, it's off-field matters. Football is just so expensive these days, isn't it? And your board simply won't give you even money to get the players you need.

Fear not, though. Every player in FM24 costs £2.5 million. No, really. 

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard takes pictures after the Premier League match between Arsenal FC and Liverpool FC at Emirates Stadium on February 04, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Stuart MacFarlane/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)

We had an offer accepted for Martin Odegaard for just £2.5m (Image credit: Getty Images)

Let's take Martin Odegaard, who according to the game, is valued at a minimum of £261m. That's quite specific. We're guessing that Arsenal just won't sell him.

Wrong. You can get him for 100 times less than that – offer £0 up front, six £200 instalments of £1.2k, a further £2.5m after 50 appearances and a 10 per cent sell-on fee.

Football Manager 2024

Odegaard basically for nothing? Don't mind if we do (Image credit: Football Manager 2024)

That's the magic number – and it works with anyone (providing they have any kind of interest in moving). Of course, there are easier cheats: namely using the editor to just… move players around.

There's no guarantee that you can agree a contract with anyone, is there?

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We have the beginner's guide for the gameNew features have beeen teased ahead of the game's dropNetflix is set to carry the game, too.

Miles Jacobson of Sports Interactive, the team behind FM, has spoken to FFT about the introduction of the Japanese J-Leaguehow realistic the Saudi Pro League is in the new game and how set pieces have improved – he's also revealed that the FM team are constantly playing catchup to the great Pep Guardiola.

We also have a list of the best teams to play as in FM24 and a surefire way to pick the perfect underdog, along with a list of cheats – we also have a guide to every tactical role in the game.

Mark White
Content Editor

Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.

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